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		<title>Barrack&#8217;s Millions</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/barracks-millions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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Sir, as a concerned Barbadian citizen and tax payer, I hope that you will permit me enough space in your publication to discuss Al Barrack and the $60 million owed to him by our Government.
I recall hearing about Al Barrack and the monies owed to him in the media a few years ago, as well [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=9574&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Barbados Resting On Its Laurels?</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/is-barbados-resting-on-its-laurels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems appropriate that we should end 2009 by focusing on the global recession which has decimated the developing economies of the world, Barbados included. The irony of it all is while some have lauded the benefits of globalization and economic partnership agreements; the resulting inter-connectivity of world economies has exposed the vulnerability of such [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=9532&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Count The Cost!</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/count-the-cost-welfare-socialism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bajan.wordpress.com/?p=9413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=9413&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Auditor General Special Report Slams Management Of The ABC Highway Flyover Project</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/auditor-general-special-report-slams-management-of-the-abc-highway-flyover-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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The Special Audit Barbados Road Network Infrastructure Improvement Project Report has been updated on the Barbados Auditor General’s website. The report gives an unflattering summary of how one of the largest capital projects (ABC Highway Project) in Barbados was managed under the former administration. After reading the report we are tempted to blame the many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=9385&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bajan Economy Not Doing Well</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/bajan-economy-not-doing-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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Submitted by Looking Glass
In economics the standard ways of measuring, assessing and rating can and do lead to unintended consequences. Countries differ substantially in terms of human and natural resources, capabilities and position in the global marketplace. All things are neither equal nor rational. The same credit rating agency who gave us a negative [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=9374&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>$901,659.15</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/901659-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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What would almost ONE million Dollars be doing in an ESCHEATED ‘checking’ account (# 01283012) under the name of the Ministry of Finance Poverty Alleviation Grant?
 
See page 46a Sunday Sun 29th November 2009 where the Barbados National Bank Inc, lists a number of unclaimed or dormant accounts.
Would this not have been picked up by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=9344&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Is The Barbados Economy Doing?</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/how-is-the-barbados-economy-doing/</link>
		<comments>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/how-is-the-barbados-economy-doing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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In its most recent review, published on November 13, 2009, the Credit Rating Agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&#38;P) affirmed Barbados’ investment grade international credit rating, but adjusted its outlook from stable to negative.  The S&#38;P report has generated much public comment and debate on the state and management of the Barbados economy, as the economy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=9269&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Government Makes Backroom Deal With David Commisong On The Amnesty</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/government-makes-backroom-deal-with-david-commisong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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Barbadians were informed through a People’s Empowerment Party propaganda piece in the Nation newspaper recently that the government has agreed to a modification to the amnesty conditions announced earlier this year. It is possible BU missed the official release from government on the change or was it a backroom deal made with a group calling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=9256&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It Is Crunch Time</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/it-is-crunch-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation &#8211; W. C. Fields 

The recent downgrade in the outlook of Barbados investment paper by Standards &#38; Poors given our  BBB  rating continues to generate much debate in Barbados. What seems to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=9244&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Will Show Barbadians The WAY?</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/who-will-show-barbadians-the-way-errol-barrow-grantley-adams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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Once upon a time some of our leaders had the idea to come together and by pooling resources our region might benefit. The thrust of the leadership of what eventually evolved to CARICOM came from the Big Four, Trinidad, Jamaica, Guyana and Barbados. BU has often ruminated how Barbados was regarded as one of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=9222&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GEMS</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/gems/</link>
		<comments>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/gems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bajan.wordpress.com/?p=9160</guid>
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What are the functions and objectives of an independent Senator?

During the time the late Sir John Stanley Goddard sat in the Senate he repeatedly called for up-to-date financial statements for Hotels and Resorts Limited to be made available. After all, it’s a majority Government owned company funded by the taxpayer and surely we have a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=9160&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Working Hard Is Not Working Smart</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/working-hard-is-not-working-smart-housing-health/</link>
		<comments>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/working-hard-is-not-working-smart-housing-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bajan.wordpress.com/?p=8961</guid>
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The government of Barbados assumed office with a promise to boldly tackle the demand for housing by Barbadians. On the political platforms the figure 17, 000 applicants who were awaiting housing solutions was bandied around. To the governments credit if we go by media reports the incumbent Minister of Housing Michael Lashley has been a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=8961&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Walking On Thin Air</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/walking-on-thin-air/</link>
		<comments>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/walking-on-thin-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Looking Glass
So Candles Under The Bed attracted only two comments. I am almost disappointed.
Where have the phoenix and associates gone? Slavery, race and immigration induce a multitude of comments but the national debt remains sacrosanct, entombed in a conspiracy of silence. Is reality a luxury we cannot afford?
Mr. Blackett opines that had the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=8953&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Matter Of Cost &#8211; The Other Side Of The Kingsland Estate Court Matter Part XIX</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/a-matter-of-cost-the-other-side-of-the-kingsland-estate-court-matter-part-xix/</link>
		<comments>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/a-matter-of-cost-the-other-side-of-the-kingsland-estate-court-matter-part-xix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BU is aware the ongoing legal battle in the case we have dubbed The Other Side of The Kingsland Matter series continues to be of interest to some. The fact that this matter has tentacled to smear the government of Barbados and many entities which underpin the governance system of Barbados, although not covered in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=8912&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Improving Border Security</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/improving-border-security/</link>
		<comments>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/improving-border-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bajan.wordpress.com/?p=8822</guid>
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Minister Arni Walters who is responsible for immigration has clarified the current fingerprinting operation at the airport as a pilot. He further shed light by indicating it is not mandatory to participate. Based on the hue and cry by Barbadians in recent days we are therefore forced to ask what is the problem?
In the absence [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=8822&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Candles Under The Bed</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/candles-under-the-bed/</link>
		<comments>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/candles-under-the-bed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Looking Glass
Do not “believe every inspired expression but test the inspired waters. (John 1. 4.1).
The devotion of some faithfuls to their party borders on idolatry and poisons the waters of enlightenment. In an effort to resurrect the phoenix from the dust fact and fiction are mixed to provide “false explanations and misrepresentations to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=8790&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inexcusable Disrespect: A National Ceremony Vulgarised And Diminished Into A DLP Affair Paid For With State Funds</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/inexcusable-disrespect-a-national-ceremony-vulgarised-and-diminished-into-a-dlp-affair-paid-for-with-state-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/inexcusable-disrespect-a-national-ceremony-vulgarised-and-diminished-into-a-dlp-affair-paid-for-with-state-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Submitted by Alex Fergusson

Last week, a welcome home ceremony was held by the State for Ryan Brathwaite who won gold in the 110 metre hurdles. The win by Ryan Brathwaite was the biggest sporting achievement for Barbados since Sr. Garfield Sobers hit six sixes in the same over and was knighted by her majesty [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=8783&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VEXX</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/vexx-integrity/</link>
		<comments>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/vexx-integrity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bajan.wordpress.com/?p=8768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Royal Rumble
It is with some trepidation that I write you on a matter of grave national importance &#8211; a threat to our global reputation and an embarrassment to Barbadians throughout the Diaspora.
Barbadians at home and abroad have always held their country and its leadership in high regard so much so that anything remotely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=8768&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Barbadians, We Need To Take Back Our Country</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/barbadians-need-to-take-back-our-country/</link>
		<comments>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/barbadians-need-to-take-back-our-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bajan.wordpress.com/?p=8761</guid>
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The unruly PSV sector continues to pillage on our society. Is it fair to state Barbadians have surrendered to the sub-culture which has become synonymous with the industry? We condemn the Royal Barbados Police Force under Commissioner Darwin Dottin who announced many moons ago he had declared war on our roads by introducing Operation Road [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=8761&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>91</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Stuart Breaks His Silence – Still Barbados Is Moving Backwards With The DLP</title>
		<link>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/fruendel-stuart-breaks-his-silence-%e2%80%93-still-barbados-is-moving-backwards-with-the-dlp/</link>
		<comments>http://bajan.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/fruendel-stuart-breaks-his-silence-%e2%80%93-still-barbados-is-moving-backwards-with-the-dlp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Alex Fergusson

Attorney General and Deputy Prime Minister Freundel Stuart voiced concern about the working of the Court Process Office, which he said can only be described as: “a dereliction of duty” in some respects. Speaking to the media following a tour of the new judicial complex in Whitepark Road, the City Friday morning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bajan.wordpress.com&blog=958431&post=8667&subd=bajan&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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